Invasion of Egypt How It Developed
In London on August 10 a secret group met to plan military action to internationalize the Suez Canal after Nasser nationalized it. The British and French had agreed to force if needed, aiming to pressure Nasser before the Suez conference. planners faced a unique task of readying campaign plans for a potentially imminent fight.
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Cyprus
INS
London
Nasser
Suez Canal
Suez
Stockwell
Keightley
Erie Ensnared by 26 Inch Snowstorm and Blackout Weekend
A ferocious lake effect storm blanketed parts of three states with up to 26 inches of snow and 7 foot drifts paralyzing Erie Pennsylvania and nearby towns. Businesses including General Electric shut down while mayor urged state aid. two deaths were reported and the airport suspended operations. Public transit halted as travelers and hunters faced crippling whiteout conditions and heavy winds.
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U. S
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Erie
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Arthur Gardner
George Leader
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Ashtabula
Conneaut
Cleveland
Cold Iowa forecast and wintery travel dangers
Temperatures dipped to the low 30s in Iowa with snow and icy roads reported statewide. Forecasters warned of continued cold and slippery highways, amid plans and war news interwoven with local sports fever as Hawkeyes face Notre Dame in an expected ice bowl.
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Iowa News
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Northair
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Lawa
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Hawkeyes
Notre Dame
Iowa City
Zera
Lansing
Decorah
Cresco
Waukon
Oelwein
Leon
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Mary Woolheather
Saskatchewan
Canada
Cedar Rapids stores extend hours for Christmas shoppers
Most Cedar Rapids retailers will stay open until 4 PM tonight to help Christmas shoppers. Eleven stores will begin eight nightly openings from now until December 25, in line with the Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce recommendations.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Frontiersman Shooting: Soviet Soldier Killed at Austrian Border
In Eisenstadt Austria frontier guards shot and killed a Soviet soldier who crossed from Hungary to hunt escaping refugees. The Russian was one of three who strayed together. one was captured, the third fled back to Hungary.
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Eisenstadt
Austria
Red China Plans Alphabet Change
Communist China approved a romanized version of Chinese writing based on the Latin alphabet, Radio Peiping reported. The move aims to ease learning and use in a modern industrial society amid long-standing calls for a phonetic system.
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China
Radio Peiping
Woman Flings Turkey at Husband in Camden Kitchen
In Camden New Jersey Mrs Asa Redrow reportedly threw a Thanksgiving turkey at her husband after a dispute about how to roast the bird. The turkey broke through a kitchen window as police heard the report. Redrow faced a hearing on assault and battery charges. She claimed he struck her.
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Camden
N. J
Asa
Redrow
Proximity System Drives Collins Radio Orders Toward $10 Million
Collins Radio announces orders exceeding 10 million dollars for airborne proximity indicator systems from major U S airlines and executive fleets. The PJ 101 device warns crews of external aircraft positions, developed to meet Air Transport Association specs and coordinated with Aeronautical Radio Inc. Development proceeds on schedule as industry confidence grows.
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Cedar Rapids
Air Transport Association
Aeronautical Radio, Inc
Cullins
Parking Lot Planned in Cedar Rapids by Early Summer
The Civic Development Association announced an 80 car off-street parking lot for downtown Cedar Rapids to open by spring or early summer. Work starts March or April with demolition of the Stemlar Motors building and the Killian Company property to create the new lot. The CDA, funded by the Retail Merchants bureau, has long operated the A avenue and Second Street NE lot enlarged last summer to 350 spaces, and aims to develop more downtown parking.
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Cedar Rapids
Civic Development Association
Stemlar Motors
Killian Company
Association
Robert O'Meara Sali
CDA
Retail Merchants Bureau of
The
Chamber of Commerce
A Avenue
Second Street
Stemlar
Sisters From Rochester Fire Up At Olympics
Oscar Fraley profiles Ingeborg and Doris Fuchs from Rochester as they stand at the opening ceremony representing the United States. Once refugees from a concentration camp, they gained naturalization through presidential intervention to compete in gymnastics, red white and blue symbolizing freedom they cherish.
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Melbourne
Ingeborg Fuchs
Czechoslovakia
Doris
Ingeborg
U. S
Olympic Stadium
Rochester
U. S.S
Black Forest
Villengen
Dusseldorf
Santa visits Cedar Rapids Coliseum draws large show crowd
Snowfall before Thanksgiving brought youngsters to Memorial Coliseum to see Santa Claus in Cedar Rapids. Nearly 2,000 attended the Friday premiere with three more shows drawing similar crowds. Jaycees handed out crackerjack while children posed for photos and asked for toys. Balloon artist Billy Romano rivaled Santa in popularity with twisted creations drawing throngs. Several families visited downtown afterward to shop as holiday crowds swelled.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Jaycees
Lucie Wright
Hollywood Boulevard
Debra Sue
Denise Marrie Gourley
Dyinkward Street
Cvith Santa Claus
Billy Romano
Rudulph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Hound Dog
U.S. Backs Exit Demand at United Nations
The United States joined 21 General Assembly nations in supporting a resolution calling for all foreign forces to leave Egypt at once. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. reportedly pledged U.S. backing after conferring with President Eisenhower as Britain and France opposed the measure. The action also touched on canal talks and U.N. authorization for Hammarskjold to negotiate removal of an emergency police force.
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U.S
General Assembly
Egypt
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Eisenhhawer i
Washington
India
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Suez Canal
Said
Britain
France
Hoegh Fights Demand Over Liquor Enforcement Agents
Polk county deputy sheriff served Governor Leo Hoegh with a notice and demand related to Attorney General Dayton Countryman's bid to appoint six state agents for liquor law enforcement. A similar notice went to Safety Commissioner Clinton Moyer. Countryman, leaving office in January, sought coverage from 3 am Monday through December 31. He led a “cracker dry” crusade against liquor by the drink and lost the Republican nomination to Bourke B. Hickenlooper. Hoegh, commenting, said such matters are for the safety commissioner and attorney general to settle and noted agents are often busy with murders and kidnappings.
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Countryman
Iowa
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Yiet
Hungary
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Assembly
Gravel Jack Barnett
Hubert Blair
Ropcern
Britain
France
Richard Carmichael
Robert Greg
Israel
Gifford Strand
T. A
Thompson
Secv
Hammarskjold
U.N
Nagy Leaves Hungary for Romania as Titoist Ex-Premier Is Reported
The Hungarian government announced that Imre Nagy, former premier, left Budapest for Romania with supporters after asking for permission to travel to another socialist country. The move follows Yugoslav pressure and amid tensions over Nagy’s refuge at the Yugoslav embassy in Budapest. The report notes broader international debate on withdrawal of forces and UN actions in the region.
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INS
Imre Nagy
Red Romania
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Budapest
Nagy
Counestry
Yugoslavia
Budapest Radio
Workers’ Council
Kadar
Slavs Bar Hearst Insult Turns Tito Article Row
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia refused entry to William Randolph Hearst Jr after publishing articles claiming Tito insulted the Yugoslav leader. Cairo notes Egypt will guarantee navigation through the Suez Canal except for Britain and France. Budapest radio says workers council called off strike after partial agreement with Janos Kadars government.
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Yugoslavia
William Mandolph Hearst, Jr
New York
Tito
Cairo
Upij
al Ganehouriya
Egypt
Suez Canal
Britain
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Budapest
Workers’ Council
Janos Kadar
Penick and Ford Propose Two for One Stock Split
Penick and Ford, Ltd., Inc. directors in New York propose a two for one stock split and a year end dividend of 1.50 per common share payable December 14 to holders of record November. The plan would replace current authorization of one million shares with 2,000,000 par 3.50 shares. 739,090 shares outstanding. Cedar Rapids plant makes corn products including syrup starch dextrines and livestock feeds.
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Penick and Ford, Ltd., Inc
Board of
New York
No More Singing Planned by Pinza
Stamford, Conn AP Ezra Pinza says he will not sing again after a long career from 1919 to 1946. The 84 year old opera star, who moved to musicals like South Pacific, plans to act instead as he recovers from a heart attack in Italy last August. He believes health not the decision. He aims for light work in film television or stage and says he will sing no more.
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Stamford
Conn
Ezra Pinza
Bobby-sexer
Pinga
Italy
Pingi
Arsenic Traces Found in Probe in Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Maryland traces of arsenic were detected in well water at the home of a family of LL, where three members are dead and the remaining are hospitalized in a poisoning investigation. Helen Kidwell aged 92 was hospitalized after questioning the deaths of her husband William and two of their children, with the seven other children under treatment for possible arsenic exposure.
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Helen Kidwell
William
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